Steel Guitar combined with Vibes

George Rout · Post by **George Rout** » 12 Oct 2008 5:50 pm

Travelling out of town for our Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, I brought some old Hank Snow (Bear Family reissues) with us to play in the car, just haven't heard them in a long time. I don't have the originals with me, but several tunes on one of the CD's include Vibes. Sorry, I can't tell you the titles until I return home.

Geo

Jim Cohen · Post by **Jim Cohen** » 12 Oct 2008 6:46 pm

Alan Brookes wrote:...you can't play chords on a trumpet, by its very construction.

True, but you can play chords on a trumpet section!

Stephan Miller · Post by **Stephan Miller** » 12 Oct 2008 7:32 pm

Huh.

Which section?

Michael Stover · Post by **Michael Stover** » 12 Oct 2008 8:04 pm

Mitch Drumm wrote:Blondie made an LP with Julian Tharpe 20 or 25 years ago called "Take Your Pick" for Dewitt Scott's Mid-Land label.

I just picked this up on ebay. Could possibly be my all-time favorite steel album. It's unbelievable.

For the most part, vibes and steel play the heads together, then they trade choruses. The rhythm section is just bass & drums. Vibes and steel are right up front in the mix and sound just beautiful together.

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 13 Oct 2008 1:46 am

I think this is an example of over use of the vibes.
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They just don't stop for a second, And they're being played by the "Producer" who according to Criterion Music's boss, is "The foremost authority on Polynesian Music"

Alan Brookes · Post by **Alan Brookes** » 13 Oct 2008 6:34 am

That continual running up and down the scales distracts from the steel. He would have done much better to add the occasional triad and then put in a vibraphone solo part somewhere. I couldn't listen to it all the way through. Are all his numbers like that ?